#swucy

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morning toddheads

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Chapters: 1/4 Fandom: Sweeney Todd - Sondheim/Wheeler Rating: Mature Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Nellie Lovett/Sweeney Todd, Lucy Barker/Sweeney Todd, Lucy Barker/Nellie Lovett, Lucy Barker/Nellie Lovett/Sweeney Todd, Nellie Lovett & Sweeney Todd, Nellie Lovett & Tobias Ragg, Johanna Barker/Anthony Hope Characters: Sweeney Todd, Nellie Lovett, Lucy Barker, Tobias Ragg, Johanna Barker, Anthony Hope, Original Characters, Original Child Character(s) Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Alternate Ending, Pregnancy, Character Death, Romance, Fluff, Angst, Family, Family Issues, Ghosts, Lies, Murder, Mild Sexual Content, Polyamory, Other Additional Tags to Be Added Summary:

Sweeney Todd & Nellie Lovett escape to the seaside with their happy family. But what happens when Nellie's lies come back to haunt her...

The first chapter contains the setup and story, but each subsequent chapter contains an alternate ending where a few things change...

[sweeneytodddemonbarber]

WHAT?! I did not know that!! Wow!

Flowers sure have a mysterious and symbolic way of explaining things…it’s the only way they grow.

Flower Analysis in Sweeney Todd

So I’m writing about flower symbolism for a school assignment, and I was scrolling through tumblr when I saw a picture of Mrs.Lovett during the song Wait. So, because I’d rather write about this musical than do my work, I’m gonna analyze the few different flowers seen in Sweeney Todd.

The first and most obvious example is the line in Wait, “I’ve been thinking’ flowers, maybe daisies, to brighten up the room.” So daisies are sort of tricky to analyze. They can mean a lot of things in a lot of contexts. They often stand for purity and innocence, but can also be a symbol of playfulness or curiosity. So this can be interpreted as Mrs.Lovett’s attempt at flirting. Daisies can also symbolize a tenacity or delicacy, so this is sort of her way of testing the waters. By offering daisies, it’s essentially her saying “Hey, I’m interested in you, but I’m not quite sure how to approach you yet.”

Later in the same song, she sings “Gillyflowers maybe, ‘stead of daisies, I dunno though, what do you think?” Ok so it’s time for a little lesson on gillyflowers! Gillyflowers are thought to be one of the most common flowers. They were actually one of the first flowers to be bred for commercial production. In Victorian times, women were taught to scorn these flowers because they were too “ordinary.” Women back then expected the best new exotic thing. Strangely enough though, they’re some of the most pungent flowers and have a very noticeable perfume. So offering Gillyflowers can be seen as a surrender for Mrs.Lovett. She can’t afford anything too fancy for him, and deep down, she knows he doesn’t even care. By leaving some Gillyflowers, she would be leaving something completely ordinary with the most beautiful scent that he’d eventually be forced to notice them.

While these two flowers can be interpreted separately, I think there’s an even deeper meaning when putting them in context with one another. Daisies represent the past. They are pure and light and bring happiness. Daisies represent Johanna and Lucy and the life Benjamin Barker once had. Gillyflowers are ordinary. Mundane. Looked past. Mrs.Lovett is a gillyflower. She is poor and old and widowed, but she still manages to make a sweet perfume- her love. And so the line “Gillyflowers maybe, ‘stead of daisies” is really Mrs.Lovett offering herself to him even if she thinks she’s not good enough.

It’s also worth noting that Mrs.Lovett has light pink roses on her wallpaper in the parlour (I have some really shitty pics here):

Why is this important? Because Mrs.Lovett has the great line in the movie saying “The cheery wallpaper was a real bargain too. Only partly singed when the chapel burnt down.” This is such a hilarious and highly symbolic line, because pink roses usually stand for sweetness, joy, even admiration. But it’s burned now. Just like Nellie. Partly singed. Also there’s another layer in there because she got it from a burnt down chapel, which hints to her decline of faith in both the religious and humanistic sense.

So that’s it for now! Sorry for over-analyzing everything as usual, but I hope you enjoy!

[thaliasandy]

There's a M-rated Lucy/Benjamin fanfic in the the Sweeney Todd section on ff.net

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swucy. What have I doooooone

[sweeneytodddemonbarber]

@thebarberswifelucy

Lucy…! ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

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Lucy now strokes Sweeneys cheek as she dies. I’m sick

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my thoughts turn to once again to sweeney todd at while viewing an advertisement at Shake Shack

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Swucy is not a very fun ship. But it does have some really powerful yearn energy, as well as very potent tragedy. And *unfun boring preacher voice* The Sanctity Of Marriage

[demonbarberofbeepbeep]

Sweenett and swucy. It doesn’t matter how you identify. We can all agree. That Beadle Bamford ✅

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must recreate this at home. when i drank one at sweeney todd i made like 3 new friends and left voice notes crying about swucy on discord

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Swucy fic complete

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I showed you my swucy please respond

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the one woman swucy renaissance . It starts with me

[demonbarberofbeepbeep]

Ok swucy fic is over. Back to fun and joakes

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I’m shifting into swucy mode. I have to focus